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Politics News 30 September 2025 - 10 November 2025

Government Shutdown Triggers 8,800+ Sunday Flight Disruptions: FAA Orders Up To 10% Cuts At 40 Major Airports (Nov. 9, 2025)

US Government Shutdown, Day 41 (Nov. 10, 2025): Senate Advances Deal to Reopen; FAA Flight Cuts Widen; Court Steps In on SNAP

Updated Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 The longest federal shutdown in U.S. history is in its 41st day, but momentum is finally building in Washington. Late Sunday, the Senate cleared a key procedural hurdle on a bipartisan plan that would reopen the government through January 30, while folding three full‑year spending bills into the package. The move set off a relief rally in markets and raised hopes for an end to cascading service disruptions—including FAA‑mandated flight reductions and uncertainty around November food‑assistance payments. Reuters+3Reuters+3Reuters+3 What changed today (Nov. 10) What’s in the Senate plan—and why it matters Travel today: what flyers
10 November 2025
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Cryptocurrency Market Update: October 2025 Rally Ends with Tariff-Driven Selloff

‘I Don’t Know Who He Is’: Trump’s Binance Pardon Explodes Into Washington Firestorm — What It Means for Crypto, COIN, and BNB Prices

Key facts (updated Nov. 5, 2025) What happened — and what the president said On Oct. 23, the White House announced a pardon for Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti‑money‑laundering program and served four months in prison. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called it part of ending the prior administration’s “war on cryptocurrency.” Zhao, for his part, said he was “deeply grateful” and pledged to help make the U.S. the “Capital of Crypto.” Reuters Two weeks later, in a Nov. 3 interview with CBS News, Trump downplayed any personal connection
5 November 2025
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Trump Touts “Tremendous” Soybean Deal with China – Farmers Cautious as Details Remain Vague

Trump Touts “Tremendous” Soybean Deal with China – Farmers Cautious as Details Remain Vague

Trump-Xi Summit Delivers Promises (So Far) On Oct. 30, 2025 the highly-anticipated Trump-Xi face-to-face ended with a flurry of farm-trade promises. President Trump told reporters that President Xi “authorized China to begin the purchase of massive amounts of Soybeans, Sorghum, and other farm products.” Trump said China would start buying “tremendous” volumes immediately farmprogress.com farmprogress.com. Likewise, China’s Ministry of Commerce stated the two sides agreed to “expand agricultural trade” farmprogress.com. Importantly, neither side released binding details. No tariff cuts or purchase quantities were spelled out, leaving investors and farmers wanting clarity. As one analyst put it, “the market was looking
30 October 2025
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Boeing Scores Asia Mega-Deals Thanks to Trump – But Q3 Earnings Could Reveal a $4 Billion Shock

Boeing Scores Asia Mega-Deals Thanks to Trump – But Q3 Earnings Could Reveal a $4 Billion Shock

Trump’s Asia Tour Boosts Boeing Sales Boeing is riding a wave of major order wins from Asia as it heads into its Q3 earnings announcement. During a late-October trip through Asia, President Trump helped secure several big-ticket aircraft deals as part of new trade agreements. Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam committed to buying U.S.-made planes (primarily Boeing), and Cambodia agreed to partner with Boeing to develop its aviation sector flightglobal.com. According to the White House, Vietnam’s flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will purchase 50 Boeing jets (valued at about $8 billion) under a new trade framework flightglobal.com. Likewise, Thailand agreed to procure 80
29 October 2025
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Crypto Rebound: Bitcoin Rockets Past $110K, Coinbase Backs $2.45B Indian Exchange – DOGE Explodes

Trump Pardons Binance CEO – Is Binance’s Stock Finally Going Public?

In mid-October 2025, Binance dominated headlines after President Trump’s surprise pardon of founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The pardon – signed Oct. 23 – officially forgave CZ’s 2023 conviction for anti-money-laundering violations ts2.tech straitstimes.com. Trump’s press team framed it as correcting the prior “war on cryptocurrency” ts2.tech straitstimes.com. Industry insiders immediately interpreted this as a clear signal: CZ, long barred from Binance’s operations under his plea deal, can now potentially return to helm the exchange. TechSpace² reports that analysts view the pardon as “expected to pave the way” for CZ to lead a Binance IPO in the U.S. scmp.com. As crypto consultant
25 October 2025
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Trump’s $300M White House Ballroom: Tech Titans Among Donors, East Wing Demolished

Trump’s $300M White House Ballroom: Tech Titans Among Donors, East Wing Demolished

Donald Trump’s plan has set off a flurry of activity in Washington. The White House has confirmed demolition of the East Wing is complete, and construction will proceed under private funding abcnews.go.com. Trump personally hosted a thank‑you dinner in the East Room for the donors – which included executives from Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta and others independent.co.uk abcnews.go.com – underscoring the political significance of the project. In a public statement, Trump declared: “For 150 years-plus they’ve wanted to have a ballroom…and it never happened because they’ve never had a real estate person” independent.co.uk. He later reiterated that the expansion
24 October 2025
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Investors Beware: 7 Stocks to Avoid on October 22, 2025 Amid Alarming Warnings

Shutdown Chaos: Bipartisan Deal Slips, Stocks Slip – What’s Next?

In-depth Report: Congress faces a critical deadline as continuing resolutions lapse and a partial government shutdown extends into its fourth week theatlantic.com reuters.com. On Oct. 23, Senate Democrats blocked a short-term funding bill that would have guaranteed federal pay, arguing it lacked needed protections (for example, extensions of expiring health subsidies). Republicans counter that Democrats are effectively instigating the shutdown by demanding policy concessions theatlantic.com reuters.com. As Princeton historian Julian Zelizer notes, “Trump is using a shutdown to prioritize pay to a subset of workers” – a novel tactic that Republicans now echo reuters.com. The Senate vote failure (and a
24 October 2025
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White House U-Turn: Student Loan Forgiveness Approved for Millions After Court Deal

White House U-Turn: Student Loan Forgiveness Approved for Millions After Court Deal

The Trump administration quietly agreed to a court-supervised settlement with the AFT on Oct. 17, 2025, directing the Department of Education to speed up student loan cancellations under existing federal programs foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The deal – awaiting final judge approval – requires DOE to process forgiveness applications for all borrowers who hit the payment threshold in qualifying Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans (original ICR, PAYE, and the classic IBR) as long as those plans exist foxbusiness.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In practice, this means millions of borrowers who made 20–25 years of payments will finally see remaining balances wiped out, whereas under the administration’s
21 October 2025
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Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Trump’s Shutdown Showdown: Troops Promised Pay as Thousands of Feds Face Layoffs

Political Blame and Messaging Each side blames the other. President Trump accuses Democrats of holding the military “HOSTAGE with their dangerous Government shutdown,” and vows “we will not allow” the troops to go unpaid reuters.com. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer retorts that Republicans are the ones “feeling the heat” for causing the shutdown federalnewsnetwork.com. Near the Capitol, union leader Randy Erwin (National Fed. of Fed. Employees) put it plainly: “Congress, do your damn job,” he told reporters federalnewsnetwork.com. Democrats accuse House Republicans of unnecessarily dragging out the funding stalemate, while Republicans say Senate Democrats refuse to fund the government without
11 October 2025
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Trump Media’s Wild Ride: DJT Stock Soars on Politics, Crypto & Controversy

Trump Media’s Wild Ride: DJT Stock Soars on Politics, Crypto & Controversy

Stock Price and Recent Performance As of mid-October 2025, DJT stock hovers around $15–$16, a far cry from its highs. It closed at $15.97 on October 10, 2025 investing.com investing.com, continuing a downward trend. The stock has lost roughly half its value in 2025 alone, and over the past year it’s down about 32% tickernerd.com. For context, DJT’s 52-week range spans from $15.42 up to $54.68 investing.com tickernerd.com – meaning it has collapsed about 70% from its peak. That peak came amid tremendous enthusiasm earlier in Trump’s presidential term, but momentum has since faded. Wild volatility is a hallmark of
11 October 2025
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Trump’s $20B Argentina Lifeline Shocks Markets – Will It Save Milei?

Trump’s $20B Argentina Lifeline Shocks Markets – Will It Save Milei?

Details of the US Support Package President Trump’s Treasury used its seldom-invoked crisis tools to prop up Argentina. The centerpiece is a $20 billion currency swap line between the US and Argentina’s central banks reuters.com – effectively a short-term dollar loan facility. In parallel, Treasury officials have directly bought pesos in open markets (in undisclosed amounts) to blunt the currency’s slide. Bessent announced these steps on Oct. 9 after several days of intensive talks in Washington with Economy Minister Luis Caputo (with IMF officials present) reuters.com aljazeera.com. On Truth Social, Bessent hailed Argentina’s “strong economic fundamentals” and Milei’s tough austerity
10 October 2025
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Trump Unveils ‘TrumpRx’ Plan with Pfizer Deal to Slash Drug Prices

Trump Unveils ‘TrumpRx’ Plan with Pfizer Deal to Slash Drug Prices

What Is “TrumpRx”? A Direct-to-Consumer Drug Website “TrumpRx” is a planned federal website that will let Americans buy prescription medicines directly from the government at cash prices. According to administration officials, TrumpRx will negotiate discounted rates with drugmakers and allow patients to pay out-of-pocket for certain drugs, bypassing insurers and middlemen wbtv.com reuters.com. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on social media that Trump will announce TrumpRx, and a Wall Street Journal report says the site will be branded TrumpRx newsweek.com reuters.com. It is not yet clear which medications will be offered, but the idea is to force prices
30 September 2025
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